>> No one wants to guess what it was?
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>> a
>
> Why don't you just tell us and save us the time of guessing since you
> obvoiusly fixed the problem.
Ok - it was a set of warped rear rotors. After the 48k servicing, the
callipers could travel way more freely and accentuated the warping under
very light brake pressure.
The dealer gave me a half off on the cost of new callipers and cut the
labour in half, too - because they just had it in (for the 48k) and didn't
catch the rotors then.
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nick@nowhere.com - 22 Aug 2008 12:41 GMT
>>> No one wants to guess what it was?
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Warped rotors won't cause any sounds. You will get very intense
vibrations from the car when you are on the highway and brake but
that's about it. What was the reason to replace the calipers? You
should have called Honda on this, calipers should not have any issues
until well over 100k miles.
Tegger - 22 Aug 2008 14:11 GMT
>>> No one wants to guess what it was?
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> Ok - it was a set of warped rear rotors.
That's a first. Rear rotors NEVER warp. Ever.
> After the 48k servicing, the
> callipers could travel way more freely and accentuated the warping
> under very light brake pressure.
The rears /can/ glaze up, which can cause symptoms very close to those of
warped rotors. Rear rotors also rust like crazy in wet climates. That also
can cause brake noise.
> The dealer gave me a half off on the cost of new callipers and cut the
> labour in half, too - because they just had it in (for the 48k) and
> didn't catch the rotors then.
Were the pistons seized in their bores? That's the only reason you'd ever
replace the rear calipers, unless the parking brake weather seal had
failed.

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